18 Weeks

How I am feeling:
Still feel good for the most part! A few headaches here and there but that has been about the worse part so far!

Sleep:
Every day is different.  Not much change with my IT band, but I go for a massage first weekend in August, so hoping she can relieve some of the pain and tightness. Hoping to get on her schedule regularly until baby is born.  She did some amazing things for my quads when I was training for my half marathon, so I am confident she can help relieve some of this pain and tightness in my IT band to help me sleep better.

Cravings:
I still love chicken strips haha Weight gain was a little bit more this week when I checked in with my nutritionist, so am working on eating more veggies to help slow that back down. Overall, she said my food intake is good and she isn't concerned, but of course would like to see me clean up my diet a bit :) I see her again in September, so we will see how much improvement I can make in the next month!

Best Moment of the Week:
We had our 18 week appointment on Monday, I can't believe that marked 3 weeks until we find out what Baby Caswell is! We are getting antsy and excited! Our appointment went well, no concerns from our Doctor, baby's heartbeat initially was 140 but then they squirmed away from the doctor so when she found it again it was 150. I haven't felt much movement yet, sometimes I think I can feel them but I am not 100% sure it is them haha.  She said probably around 20-21 weeks we should feel some definite movement!

This past weekend we spent some time getting some more items done in the Nursery.  I mentioned last post that my friend Cassie and I went to Ikea and I got some shelves to use for books.  On Sunday Tavid got those hung, and they turned out so perfect! I am so glad I choose to go with them vs a bookshelf.  I like how the books are on display, and it just add a different look to the nursery that we both love!  We can't wait to get some more books to put on them, and we love that we could add another shelf above if needed!

We also worked on getting the office cleaned out, which was much needed! We needed to make room to put the baby swing in there to not only store it but so Tavid could use it when he is on daddy duty on his days off when I go back to work. This allows him to play his video games and Baby C can just hang out. That is if they let daddy play his video games ;) we shall see!

I keep waiting for the day that one of our cats makes the swing their new nest haha. For now they just sniff it, but haven't gotten any closer to it.

I also spent some time going through and organizing what baby items we have in their dressers.  I got my inspiration from this post I found on pinterest. Her blog is full of helpful tips, and when I was at Ikea last week i picked up a ton of the drawer organizers. We don't have much to put in the drawers yet, but looking forward to when we get more to use these organizers!

Dresser Organization

I have found a ton of helpful tips on her blog, it is full of information that I hope we will use when Baby C gets here! She also has a ton of stuff on here not related to baby! So worth the read! :)

We are slowly making our way through the nursery, we still need to get a chair, we need to paint the closet and Tavid needs to make a closet organizer, replace the ceiling fan, hang the room darkening shades, and find some decor to hang on the walls! It is really exciting to see the progress and feels good that we have made such progress on it! August is a busy month for us, so we probably wont be getting much  more done until September/October which is why I wanted to get as much as we could done now.